The definition for “chronic absenteeism” in Ontario is missing more than 10 percent of a school year—roughly eighteen days or two days per month. The previous year, in the eleventh grade, at the height of my disobedience, I had long overshot this threshold. I’m still not sure exactly how many days I missed. Maybe fifty, maybe a hundred. I just knew I had opted out of every class I could.
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My kids easily miss that much school with being sick. We’re told to stay home when sick, and that’s something my kids can do. If they have a fever, they dont go to class, simple as.
Yeah, it’s a good thing Doug Ford’s idea is getting the criticism it deserves.